Rampage Jackson On His Powerbomb, Destroying That Door, TNA Run, Why He's Not In The UFC HOF

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (@rampage4real) is a mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood to talk about his legendary MMA career, beating Chuck Liddell to win the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, what went wrong with his run in TNA Wrestling, how he got the role to play B.A. Baracus in "The A Team", the real story behind destroying the door on The Ultimate Fighter, powerbombing Ricardo Arona in PRIDE, his favorite flavor of F3 Energy, his involvement with United Fight League and much more! BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code INSIGHT to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com 00:00 Intro 00:43 What’s his favorite flavor of F3 Energy? 02:20 Can he still fight? 03:46 Why did he leave Monster Energy for F3 Energy? 05:59 United Fight League giving benefits to the fighters 06:47 Participating in Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 09:17 How hard does he usually train when he spars? 10:10 What do most people call him in real life? 11:37 Does he have trouble not hurting people in pro wrestling? 12:01 How close was he to going to pro wrestling? 12:47 Falling in love with college wrestling 13:25 Memories of his first MMA fight 15:40 Meeting Tito Ortiz for the first time 17:14 Wearing his signature chain because of Junkyard Dog 19:29 Chris Benoit convincing him not to be a pro wrestler 22:28 What was the most UFC fights he had in a year? 23:36 Memories of his title shot with Chuck Liddell 26:30 Why isn’t he in the UFC Hall of Fame 28:02 Losing money being a star of the A-Team 32:28 Has he ever met Mr. T in real life? 33:04 Dana White being upset with him for doing A-Team 34:31 Which other movies has he been featured in? 35:55 When did he start howling after matches? 38:39 Memories of his knockout of Wanderlei Silva 41:25 Why did he powerbomb someone in a fight? 45:52 Destroying the door on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ 47:45 Why wasn’t his TNA run more successful? 52:46 Appearing in WWE in 2010 to promote A-Team 54:52 Being part of the Main Event Mafia in TNA 56:48 Does he watch pro wrestling now? 57:03 The Rock being a heel in WWE 59:12 What hurts for him when he wakes up? 01:00:58 Getting used to being a podcaster 01:02:58 50 Cent hating him for getting the Mr. T role 01:07:11 Auditioning for roles he did not get 01:10:23 What’s missing from UFC right now? 01:13:15 What made him fall in love with MMA? 01:14:15 3 things Rampage Jackson is grateful for Subscribe to    / chrisvanvliet   Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-va... Email me: [email protected] Follow me on Instagram:   / chrisvanvliet   Like me on Facebook:   / chrisvanvliet   Follow me on Twitter:   / chrisvanvliet   #rampagejackson #ufc #mma #chrisvanvliet #BlueWireVideo